1 The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.
2 Whoso regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
3 The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another, even as the likeness of a face to a face.
4 Of an unclean thing what can be cleansed? and from that thing which is false what truth can come?
5 Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain: and the heart fancieth, as a woman’s heart in travail.
6 If they be not sent from the most High in thy visitation, set not thy heart upon them.
7 For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them.
8 The law shall be found perfect without lies: and wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.
9 A man that hath travelled knoweth many things; and he that hath much experience will declare wisdom.
10 He that hath no experience knoweth little: but he that hath travelled is full of prudence.
11 When I travelled, I saw many things; and I understand more than I can express.
12 I was ofttimes in danger of death: yet I was delivered because of these things.
13 The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; for their hope is in him that saveth them.
14 Whoso feareth the Lord shall not fear nor be afraid; for he is his hope.
15 Blessed is the soul of him that feareth the Lord: to whom doth he look? and who is his strength?
16 For the eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, he is their mighty protection and strong stay, a defence from heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, a preservation from stumbling, and an help from falling.
17 He raiseth up the soul, and lighteneth the eyes: he giveth health, life, and blessing.
18 He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous; and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted.
19 The most High is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked; neither is he pacified for sin by the multitude of sacrifices.
20 Whoso bringeth an offering of the goods of the poor doeth as one that killeth the son before his father’s eyes.
21 The bread of the needy is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood.
22 He that taketh away his neighbour’s living slayeth him; and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder.
23 When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have they then but labour?
24 When one prayeth, and another curseth, whose voice will the Lord hear?
25 He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, what availeth his washing?
26 So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?
1 vana spes et mendacium insensato viro
et somnia extollunt inprudentes
2 quasi qui adprehendit umbram et persequitur ventum
sic et qui adtendit ad visa mendacia
3 hoc secundum hoc visio somniorum
ante faciem hominis similitudo hominis
4 ab inmundo quid mundabitur et a mendace quid verum dicetur
5 divinatio erroris et auguria mendacia
et somnia malefacientium vanitas est
6 et sicut parturientis cor tuum fantasiam patitur
nisi ab Altissimo fuerit emissa visitatio
ne dederis in illis cor tuum
7 multos enim errare fecerunt somnia
et exciderunt sperantes in illis
8 sine mendacio consummabitur verbum
et sapientia in ore fidelis conplanabitur
9 qui non temptatus est quid scit
vir in multis expertus cogitavit multa
et qui multa didicit enarrabit intellectum
10 qui non est expertus pauca recognoscit
qui autem in multis factus est multiplicabit
malitiam
12 multa vidi errando
et plurimas verborum consuetudines
13 aliquotiens usque ad mortem periclitatus sum horum causa
et liberatus sum gratia Dei
14 spiritus timentium Deum quaeretur
et in respectu illius benedicentur
15 spes enim illorum in salvantem illos et oculi Dei in diligentes se
16 qui timet Dominum nihil trepidabit
et non pavebit quoniam ipse est spes eius
17 timentis Dominum beata est anima eius
18 ad quem respicit et quis est fortitudo eius
19 oculi Domini super timentes eum
protector potentiae firmamentum virtutis
tegimen ardoris et umbraculum meridiani
20 et precatio offensionis
et adiutorium casus
exaltans animam et inluminans oculos
dans sanitatem vitam et benedictionem
21 immolans ex iniquo oblatio est maculata
et non sunt beneplacitae subsannationes iniustorum
22 Dominus solus sustinentibus se in via veritatis et iustitiae
23 dona iniquorum non probat Altissimus
in oblationibus
iniquorum
nec in multitudine sacrificiorum eorum propitiabitur peccatis
24 qui offert sacrificium ex substantia pauperum
quasi qui victimat filium in conspectu patris sui
25 panis egentium vita pauperis est
qui defraudat illum homo sanguinis
26 qui aufert in sudore panem quasi qui occidit proximum suum
27 qui effundit sanguinem
et qui fraudem facit mercedem mercennario
28 unus aedificans et unus destruens quid prodest illis nisi labor
29 unus orans et unus maledicens cuius vocem exaudiet Deus
30 qui baptizatur a mortuo et iterum tangit illum
quid proficit lavatione illius
31 sic homo qui ieiunat in peccatis suis et iterum eadem faciens
quid proficit humiliando se
orationem illius quis exaudiet